Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
June 13, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
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Within the broad scope
of transportation engineering, LTK's staff of 320 has best-in-class expertise
in the functional and technical areas of transportation planning, operations
planning and simulation, rolling stock, traction electrification, signaling and
train control, communications systems, and fare collection/revenue management
systems. For more information, please visit us at www.ltk.com.
AVIATION
1)
FAA to Propose Sensor-Only Runway
Landings
Link
to article in Flight International:
CAMERAS
2)
Traffic Cameras Coming to Route 30
Corridor in Pennsylvania
Link
to article in the York Daily Record:
FREIGHT
3)
Study: Investment in Technology Could
Cut Delivery Times By Almost a Third
Link
to article on Transport & Logistics News:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
4)
Intelligent Transport System to Improve
Safety of Australian Railway Crossings
Link
to article on Gizmag:
5)
ITS Innovation Will Benefit Transport in
the Middle East
Link
to commentary in World Highways:
MARITIME
6)
US Navy to Drop All-Caps Communications
Link
to article in The Wall Street Journal:
OTHER
7)
What Motorcoach Operators Need to Know
About Web Responsiveness
Link
to article in Metro:
RAILROADS
8)
NTSB: Stop Signs Faded, Displaced at
Crossing Where Train, Truck Crashed Outside Baltimore
Link
to AP article:
SAFETY / SECURITY
9)
App Would Give 911 Operators Control of
Callers' Smartphones
Link
to article in GCN:
10)
Minnesota DOT Honored for Intersection
Safety Efforts; U of M to Evaluate Proposed Technology
Link
to article in CTS Catalyst:
11)
Vision Zero International – June 2013
Link
to magazine:
TAXIS
12)
Federal Trade Commission Sides with Uber
in DC Taxi Fight
Link
to article in The Hill:
TELEMATICS
13)
New EU Law Mandates eCall in All New
Cars
Link
to IDG News Service article:
14)
Telematics En Route to Meeting
Sustainability Goals
Link
to blog in Fleet News:
TRANSIT
15)
New Jersey Transit's Mobile Ticketing
Pilot Slowly Catching On
Link
to article on NJ.com:
16)
Woman on New Jersey Transit Bus Arrested
for Using Racial Slurs During Argument
Link
to article in The Star-Ledger:
17)
North Carolina Bus Drivers to Use
Technology to Battle Bad Language
Link
to article in the StarNews:
18)
New Jersey Transit Approves Wi-Fi Plan,
But Free Only for Cablevision Customers
Link
to article in The Record:
19)
Portland Streetcar Inks Deal with
GlobeSherpa to Offer Mobile Ticketing App
Link
to article in The Oregonian:
20)
New Integrated Electronic Plastic Display
System
Link
to article on Printed Electronics World:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
21) Will Maths Help Solve Melbourne's Transport
Problems?
Link to article on ITWire:
22)
Apple's Google Now Competitor, 'Today'
Comes with Traffic Info Too
Link
to article on Northern Voices Online:
VEHICLES
23)
Smartphones, ADAS and the Connected Car
Link
to article on Telematics Update:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
Webinar: Communicating Transportation Performance Measures – June 19
Today in Transportation
History
1983
**30th anniversary** Pioneer
10 became the first man-made object to fly beyond the major planets when it
crossed the orbit of Neptune.
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